Episode 1 - "No Such Thing"

The Persona Building

Closing the folder on yet another uninteresting article by one of her writers, Gail picked up the phone and dial the secretary's phone. She looked up over at Prentice, Salle, and Matthew who sat at the round table chatting among themselves waiting for the monthly meeting to begin. These three along with Jean Chapman were her "four henchmen". Without those four she or the magazine would be nothing.

"Yes, Ms. Foster?" Kierra answered through the speaker phone, slightly annoyed. Gail had a knack for getting on everyone nerves by being so demanding, but then again it was in her job description since she was the Head Editor.

Gail fixed a strand of hair that found it's way out of her bun then cleared her throat, "Please let anyone who calls or comes by know that I'm in a meeting!" she requested sternly.

"And Kierra, lose the attitude!" she warned before hanging up the phone.

"Sorry I'm late." Jean stated apologetically as she hurried into the office. "I just got off the phone with the our office on the West Coast."

"Our sells are picking back up!" Jean exclaimed excitedly.

"Great!" Prentice added winking to his wife. It turned him on when Jean was on top of things.

"And with our next story, it should send Persona off the roof!" Gail assured Jean as joined everyone at the round table, "By the way did the confirm the power struggles on the West Coast.?"

Jean nodded, "Yes they did!" she answered scratching her head.

"Great because I don't trust a word that Johnny Spellman says." Gail uttered.

"Don't tell me you're still planning to use that as a cover story?" Matthew complained doodling in his notepad. Matthew hated gossip articles, he felt they brought the magazine down.

Gail softly placed a hand top on Matthew's hand, "Matt we have to do something to get the numbers on the west coast up. I hate gossip articles also, but it's the only thing that'll work, right now." She pleaded blandly while batting her eyelashes at him.

"And judging by that bullshit article you wrote on fishing without nets for last month's article... We have no other options!"

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